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TL;DR Samsung is rumored to revive S Pen support for the Galaxy Fold.
Instead of the Galaxy Z Fold 8, however, Samsung could bring the technology back with the rumored “wide” Fold.
Samsung recently started working on the wide foldable to counter the wider-than-usual layout of the iPhone Fold’s inner display.
With the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Samsung trimmed the foldable down to a ridiculously thin profile. In this pursuit, it removed a key component: the digitizer that allowed the S Pen to work on the Fold’s inner screen. That functionality, however, could be restored with an upcoming Samsung foldable other than the Galaxy Z Fold 8.
According to a recent rumor by tipster Lanzuk on the Korean microblogging platform Naver, Samsung is working on another book-style foldable that will differ from the usual Galaxy Z Fold design. We’ve already seen rumors about a “wide” Fold, which Samsung is reportedly developing to compete with the more panoramic layout rumored for the iPhone Fold.
Navr / Lanzuk Translated from Korean using Google Translate
The interesting bit of the rumor is that the wide foldable will support S Pen, despite Samsung discontinuing support earlier this year. The added support, which is likely to require the reintroduction of the digitizer layer, will supposedly also increase the thickness of the device, according to the rumor. Alternatively, Samsung may not need to include a digitizer back to revive S Pen support; it has already been working on a chip-based workaround instead.
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